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Plant hardiness zone 5B

ZIP codes in USDA plant hardiness zone 5B. Population, income, and housing from US5 published metrics.

Zone
5B
ZIP codes
2,697
Population
14,963,040
Median household income (avg.)
$78,158
Average home value
$236,370

What is USDA zone 5B?

Zone 5B is a USDA / PRISM plant hardiness band based on average annual extreme minimum winter temperature. Growers use it to compare winter-cold exposure across regions — it is a climate label, not a planting prescription.

US5 lists 2,697 indexable ZIP codes in this band, covering about 14,963,040 combined ZIP-area residents. The table below is sorted by population; use pagination to browse the full published set.

How to use this zone page

Scan communities inside zone 5B, then open any ZIP for full demographics, climate normals, schools, and nearby amenities. Zone membership comes from the USDA hardiness summary joined to published ZIP profiles.

ZIPs in zone 5B

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
61130 2,739 $50,543 $98,500
61131 2,739 $50,543 $98,500
61132 2,739 $50,543 $98,500
03855 Strafford County NH 2,735 $99,122 $307,400
68073 Yutan Saunders County NE 2,733 $107,292 $240,400
53153 North Prairie Waukesha County WI 2,728 $148,342 $393,800
61726 Chenoa McLean County IL 2,728 $75,800 $126,800
12068 Tribes Hill Montgomery County NY 2,717 $73,050 $170,700
50144 Leon Decatur County IA 2,715 $64,511 $122,200
80437 2,713 $168,750 $1,131,800
68023 Fort Calhoun Washington County NE 2,711 $118,281 $347,700
13092 Cayuga County NY 2,707 $64,453 $174,100
61238 Cambridge Henry County IL 2,705 $75,294 $129,700
49945 Lake Linden Houghton County MI 2,704 $52,866 $142,800
61540 Lacon Marshall County IL 2,700 $74,519 $154,300
68748 Madison Madison County NE 2,698 $65,250 $140,400
04001 York County ME 2,695 $75,652 $303,200
13332 Earlville Madison County NY 2,695 $74,511 $121,600
03258 Merrimack County NH 2,693 $111,607 $360,300
16748 Shinglehouse Potter County PA 2,687 $56,838 $102,700
61285 Thomson Carroll County IL 2,687 $68,750 $165,200
13040 Cortland County NY 2,683 $67,049 $126,600
14726 Cattaraugus County NY 2,681 $62,679 $100,900
60078 2,678 $82,375 $301,600
52773 Walcott Scott County IA 2,668 $86,667 $200,600
04363 Kennebec County ME 2,666 $65,852 $215,600
80633 2,653 $63,906 $338,700
50250 Stuart Adair County IA 2,652 $75,750 $202,700
04974 Searsport Waldo County ME 2,649 $61,283 $242,200
49622 Central Lake Antrim County MI 2,646 $66,618 $209,900
52591 Sigourney Keokuk County IA 2,646 $56,318 $119,900
69033 Imperial Chase County NE 2,633 $58,727 $204,400
04355 Kennebec County ME 2,628 $88,583 $300,900
68840 Gibbon Buffalo County NE 2,626 $73,839 $188,100
04332 2,625 $49,531 $173,000
50063 Dallas Center Dallas County IA 2,623 $110,046 $262,900
61281 Cable Mercer County IL 2,610 $96,295 $223,300
14735 Fillmore Allegany County NY 2,609 $66,842 $103,700
47977 Remington Jasper County IN 2,606 $75,227 $163,200
54247 Whitelaw Manitowoc County WI 2,594 $76,992 $212,200
80442 Fraser Grand County CO 2,591 $85,465 $596,700
04981 Waldo County ME 2,584 $72,178 $220,900
04347 Hallowell Kennebec County ME 2,570 $58,811 $266,700
12094 Rensselaer County NY 2,560 $101,087 $240,400
47959 Monon White County IN 2,557 $60,469 $126,700
13476 Vernon Oneida County NY 2,540 $63,480 $177,100
04241 2,522 $76,818 $232,200
13076 Oswego County NY 2,521 $87,865 $175,100
80117 Kiowa Elbert County CO 2,516 $104,342 $623,600
01337 Franklin County MA 2,515 $79,274 $312,300

Frequently asked questions

What does zone 5B mean?

Zone 5B is a USDA plant hardiness band based on average annual extreme minimum winter temperature. It helps compare winter-cold exposure across places; it is not a planting prescription.

Why is the table sorted by population?

Population ordering surfaces larger communities first. The zone total counts all published ZIPs in band 5B; page through the table to browse beyond the first page.

Is a hardiness zone the same as a climate normal?

Hardiness zones summarize winter extreme cold. ZIP pages on US5 also show precipitation, snow, and FEMA risk context separately.